Banana Coconut Sweet Bread

This Banana Coconut Sweet Bread is incredibly easy to make. It uses coconut in each element to really give it a tropical twist. Enjoy!

This sweet bread recipe is one of our favourites. It’s one I’ve been making for about 15 years. It takes my Mom’s Banana Bread recipe and changes it up a little bit.

The addition of coconut comes from my extreme love of all things tropical. I am a coconut fiend. I can never get enough coconut in my life.

I made this recipe for my friend, Kate. She blogs at Food Babbles. I heart her so very much. Kate had to take some time off recently so I knew I wanted to help.

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When I think of Kate’s blog I always think of her bread recipes. So I knew I wanted to make some form of bread. My daughter asked me to make some banana bread so one thing leads to another, and this gorgeous bread went into the oven.

I ended up making four different sweet bread recipes the day I made this. There’s something about a cool Fall day that just makes me want to spend the entire day in the kitchen baking up a storm. So that’s exactly what I did. I enjoyed every last minute of it.

That day I made an Apple Streusel Sweet Bread, another version of this coconut bread with different ingredients. Finally, I made a plain Banana Bread just for mini-me.

Any time mini-me requests something special for me to bake I try to oblige. I’m sure it would appear to be a pretty cool thing to have a mom be a food blogger. But if you’re like mini-me and tend to be a plain eater it can be sort of annoying. I am always whipping up recipes but rarely make the same thing on a consistent basis. So I had to indulge the poor hooligan.

The house just smelled amazing the day I baked all of them. I was sure with my windows being open that the neighbours would have shown up at my door with plates. Luckily that did not happen. Some days you just don’t want to share.

Parchment Paper: I used to think only rich people like Martha Stewart used parchment. I’ve learned it is worth its weight in gold. Less sticking, easier cleanup. I’m always on board when something makes my life easier.

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Nutritional information is a rough estimate. Results can vary depending on ingredients and products.

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Nutrition Facts

Banana-Coconut Sweet Bread

Amount Per Serving

Calories 267Calories from Fat 81

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 9g14%

Saturated Fat 4g20%

Cholesterol 34mg11%

Sodium 128mg5%

Potassium 212mg6%

Total Carbohydrates 43g14%

Dietary Fiber 1g4%

Sugars 29g

Protein 2g4%

Vitamin A1.9%

Vitamin C2.1%

Calcium5.4%

Iron6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

I’ll be whipping up more bread recipes soon. I can’t wait to share them with you. If I can tear myself away from shoving them in my face long enough to take photos. That’s the hardest part of food blogging, the waiting to dive in while the photos get taken. It’s like time goes on and on while it’s happening.

Kate is amazing and I love her to death! If I were a banana and coconut girl you know I’d be all over this bread. Quick breads are the best thing to make the winter, they come together with ease and house smells amazing. Plus I love that the coconut makes it look like snow on top.

It’s hard not to think about the tropics when I see all that coconut dripping with the glaze down the side of the bread. We’re big sweet bread fans too. I should do like you and make four loaves at a time so they last longer than 24 hours. 🙂

I have this habit of picking one day a week where I just cook and bake all day long. Started when the kids were young and has become a bit of a tradition around here. I used to do it on Sundays so we had stuff for lunches all through the school week.

I just made this, however, I decided to put 1/2 cup of the shredded coconut in the batter and the rest of the 1/4 cup of the coconut sprinkled on top of the glaze. It has the banana flavor with a hint of the tropics and so moist.